Example sentences of "we [vb mod] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may do it badly , but the beauty is that we do it at all . |
| 2 | ‘ We may do the odd Christmas special , but as far as series go , this is it , ’ says Harry , who does n't believe in letting new ideas develop into a formula . |
| 3 | But one thing we share , wherever we may be , whatever we may do : we are all , men , women and children , patriots of this great land … ’ |
| 4 | The large government service organisation consulted accepted that although it had not needed to recruit a team yet , ‘ we may do ’ . |
| 5 | For example , we may do great things while they are in care , achieving personal growth and forming relationships , but this is vitiated as adolescents face , at the age of 18 , the constraints of joblessness , social isolation and poor accommodation . |
| 6 | Regardless of who we are or what we may do in life all of us have an upper limit to the stress that our bodies can take . |
| 7 | Other societies have adopted , or are adopting , different behaviour and values ; we may do the same . |
| 8 | It would mean that British Gas would put a mileage rate on the transportation of gas so that regions such as Wales will suffer from higher gas prices , which will offset anything that we may do to achieve efficiency . |
| 9 | As you may be aware , elements of the corporate financial services work we may do for you are regulated under the Financial Services Act ( ‘ FSA ’ ) by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ( ‘ ICAEW ’ ) as investment business ( ‘ regulated work ’ ) . |
| 10 | We ought to do more modern work at drama school , as well as the classics . |
| 11 | Dr Runcie acknowledged that ‘ wealth creation ’ was the necessary precondition for ‘ doing all the things we ought to do ’ but added that there was no automatic connection between wealth creation and a happy society . |
| 12 | The real world has long left behind the age when old so-and-so could decide ‘ I rather like this slogan ’ or ‘ My constituents think we ought to do such and such ’ without that ‘ feeling ’ being backed up by professional research and experience . |
| 13 | My feeling is that what we ought to do is preserve areas of countryside without having to have this excuse for doing it . |
| 14 | Meg Dennison — she housekeeps for the Reverend and Mrs Copley at the Old Rectory — thinks we ought to do more for them but it 's difficult to see precisely what . |
| 15 | What would commonly be taken as a characteristic example of the Naturalistic Fallacy is ethical hedonism , the doctrine that we ought to do what gives most pleasure . |
| 16 | The statement that the actions we ought to do are those which promote the general happiness would be useless if it meant nothing more than that they do promote it , and that something more can only be given by an intuition . |
| 17 | As Moore sees it , questions as to what we ought to do are questions as to which actions are good , indeed best , as means . |
| 18 | He went on , ‘ Lest we should seem to neglect our right and the gift of heavenly grace or be unwilling to conform the impulse of our will to the divine pleasure , we have recognized our right to the kingdom and have undertaken the burden of the rule of that kingdom , as we ought to do . ’ |
| 19 | And it does n't feel like we ought to do it , it feels like we want to . |
| 20 | I 'm sure you 're the right person to decide what we ought to do . " |
| 21 | " What do you think we ought to do now , Fiver ? " asked Hazel . |
| 22 | Anyway , we ought to do well here . |
| 23 | I think I think what we ought to do is we ought to point out |
| 24 | Or what we ought to do . |
| 25 | Well , just concerned about the usual thing that obviously many people are away on holiday then , er I I 'm wondering if th anyone anticipates any particular problems this year , or if anyone thinks we ought to do anything by way of special arrangements ? |
| 26 | ‘ We 're doing quite a lot of research in most of these areas — though of course we all agree we ought to do more . |
| 27 | If she 's dead somewhere else , it 's got nothing to do with us , but if she 's dead on our doorstep , we ought to do something . ’ |
| 28 | But I do n't think we ought to do this for every course . |
| 29 | Are you saying that we ought to do you 're gon na take this |
| 30 | And I think what we ought to do is have another look at you now . |